QUILTS & FABRIC: PAST & PRESENT

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Winnetka: Richmond Reds

Winnetka is #8305

The picture of Winnetka, Illinois, is from the Winnetka Historical Society.

The basket weave print in my new Moda collection Richmond Reds is reproduced from a scrap of cotton printed in periwinkle blue on white. Because this collection leans towards the warmer side of the color wheel we colored it in eight different shades of madder style reds, brown plus an olive.

The document print

Pages of "Basketweave & Latticework" from

Textile Designs: Two Hundred Years of European and

American Patterns for Printed Fabrics

by Susan Meller and Joost Elffers

In their index to print style, Meller & Elffers classify basketweaves with latticework.

The idea of a textural illusion has long been an important part of printing fabric.

Lane's Net is a popular print with a texture that dates back to the early-19th century.

Basketweaves continue to be popular with designers and customers. The print style is less of a clue to date than the color. The green print above is a mid-20th-century feedsack.

The blue-violet in my document print is a good clue

to 1870-1890, but the print is such a classic, especially in madder-style reds and browns,

that you could use it in any 19th-century period quilt.

Why Winnetka? For this line and the next I picked names of American towns

with a nice lilt. There's a Winnetka, California but I was thinking of Illinois.

As was the Bob Crosby band. Listen to the jazz song "Big Noise from Winnetka," written in 1938 by Bob Haggart and Ray Baudac. They must have liked the sound of the word too. Click here for a YouTube video.

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Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns

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Quilts From the Civil War

Patterns & history from my first book on the topic. I still have new copies of the bound books in my Etsy shop. Click to see more.

Civil War Women

Focus is quilts and how women used them during the War for fundraising, patriotism and practical bedding. I have new copies in my Etsy shop. Click to see more

EMPORIA ROSE: Applique Quilts

Challenging applique from the heart of quilt country. Full-color, full-sized patterns for classic applique & quilting. Click to see in my Etsy shop.

Encyclopedia of Applique

The Encyclopedia of Applique second edition. Click on the bookcover for more information about an eBook or a Print-On-Demand version. Or buy from my stock at my Etsy store above. I'll autograph it.

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America's Printed Fabrics: 1770-1890

How to date antique fabrics and add to your stash of reproduction prints with projects for reproduction quilts. Buy new Print-on-Demand editions or see what Amazon has below.

AMERICA'S PRINTED FABRICS

CLUES IN THE CALICO eBook

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Making History: Quilts & Fabric From 1890-1970

A guide to making reproduction quilts, choosing reproduction prints and dating fabrics.

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Facts and Fabrications

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Borderland in Butternut & Blue

Sampler Quilt to Recall the Civil War Along the Kansas/Missouri Border. A BOM with 14" traditional blocks and lots of history.